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THE ECONOMIC CONFERENCE IN RETROSPECT.
One other evidence of solid purpose in the League was the discussion on the conclusions of the Economic Conference held at Geneva in the spring. That was, as a matter of fact, a particularly good test case. The Conference itself consisted of experts who, though they were nominated by Governments, could not bind Governments. Their recommendations, there- fore, could easily have remained a mere enunciation of academic principles. It was what the Government delegates at the Assembly have said and done about them that justifies the confidence that the principles laid down by the Conference will actually become the basis of national policies. What the delegates have said, one after another, is that their own coun- tries intend to act on the Conference's recommendations, and have in many cases begun to do so. And what the delegates have done about them is to develop and strengthen the League's Economic organization to equip it for responsiblity.
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